This document contains summaries of magazine content pages. The summaries describe the layout, use of images and text, and how design elements are used to engage the audience. Key details like headlines, captions and calls to action are called out. The summaries also suggest what type of readers may be targeted based on the content and visuals.
1. The masthead is the
same colour as the shirt.
This shows that they have The background ties nicely with
obviously thought about the girl. The background is blurred
the colour scheme. The so it emphasises the foreground
masthead is in capital and image.
in bright red, this draws
attention to the
audience.
This magazine is targeted to
The image is placed in the college students because the
centre of the page, this image show youth of today
automatically draw your and most the of the sub-
attention to the girl. The heading relates to college
girl looks sporty which can students. “He better hope
connotes what the college they serve beer in hell”
is like. Also this student could relate that students
looks like a popular are prone to be
student due to her name rebellious, drunken and
in a sub-heading “Nastia”. naughty people.
This magazine has 3 bulk
colours, red, blue and
This sub-heading says black making it not too
“Avoid sleeping you way to complicated yet simple for
the top” by using the word reader’s to understand.
“your” connects to the The text has a variety of
reader. This creates an different styles, the sub-
effect on the audience and heading is bold and they
how the magazine going to use italics for a title of a
effect them. television show.
2. The masthead is at the top
of the cover which
stretches right across the This advertisement
page making it clear for for paintballing in a
reader’s to see. The colour pink splat could
of the masthead tire nicely suggest their target
with the sub-headings. audience. Young
people tend to go
paintballing, so this
magazine could be
The colour scheme used here aimed at college
is yellow and white. They used students.
a plain black background so
the colours used in the fonts The image is placed in the
stands out. They used centre of the magazine and
different styles, and size the student is looking directly
font, for example bold sub- at you which draws attention
heading and “Dancehall’s to reader’s. This student is
Bright Future” is a bigger font black could suggest that they
size than other sub-headings. want to advertise cross
This suggest that this is the cultural in today society. The
main story. clothing wore is trendy and
fashionable. This student
wears a white t-shirt which
emphasises the colour of his
skin.
The barcode is at the
bottom left indicates the
This student is holding a
price of the magazine to
book called
the reader but not
“Law, Business and
clearly so they are not
Society” this shows that
distracted by the price
the student is
and more into the
interested in his
magazine itself.
education and wants to
continue into further
studying.
3. The pictures takes over
most of the content page.
This content page shows This suggest that the
the date of when the pictures are more the main
magazine was issued. subject than the actually
This shows that this content below.
magazine comes
weekly/monthly.
Comparing with
the other
content page.
This appears to
be very basic
and plain. The
good thing
The magazine layout is about this
simple and clear to content page, is
understand. The layout that it doesn’t
had the content on the look too busy.
bottom of the page and
varies of pictures are at
the top of the page. The
pictures has page
The “headline” is in bold with the
numbers which is easy to
page number so its more obvious to
locate if they interested in
notice. The little information below
it.
the headline is in a smaller font, this
shows that its less important and
only gives slight hint of what’s its
about .
4. The question
“what’s inside?”
This magazine has a round yellow indicates that this
circle which says “subscribe to magazine has a
teachers”, adding their subscription lot of information.
to the content page immediately try
and lure the audience into signing
up. The colour stands out from the
rest , which makes it obvious when
looking at the content page.
The picture seems to
tie in well with the
content. The pictures
have page numbers
which indicates a little
info of what that page
is about but not giving
too much away. This
This content page is spilt gives the audience a
into 2 different sub- hint of what is inside.
headings “Features” and
“Regulars” they did this to
reach audience expectations
and also to find things more
quickly.